On Monday, July 14, Nasarawa State House of Assembly collectively agreed to serve impeachment notice to the state Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura.
A motion of public interest had been initially raised by the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Mr.Yahaya Usman of the PDP, where he presented a document containing allegations of gross misconduct against the governor, which he said was signed by 20 of the 24 members of the Assembly.
He said “I am on my feet to raise a motion under a matter of public interest and I will go direct to read the document I have in my hand. This is a notice of impeachment of Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State for gross misconduct.
“And for the violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, today being the 14th July, 2014, the 20 members of the 24 members of this House unanimously endorsed to serve Governor Tanko Al-Makura notice of impeachment.”
Another PDP lawmaker, Mr. Mohammed Okpede who doubles as the Chief Whip of the House seconded the motion to serve Al-Makura with the impeachment notice over alleged misconduct.
Alhaji Musa Ahmed, the speaker of the House then officially received the impeachment notice, stating that the House had complied with the provision of the constitution to serve the governor with an impeachment notice.
The Speaker subsequently directed the Clerk to serve the impeachment notice on Al-Makura on Monday, saying that “While in the event that the governor could not be reached for service, the clerk is directed to serve him with the impeachment notice through the media.”
Al-Makura becomes the second All Progressives Congress (APC) governor to be facing imminent impeachment in recent weeks after Governor Nyako of Adamawa state.
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